Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-03-20
TIE LIME-I1LS CLUB.

THE LIN -llL NLJb.
WeiEhsy Questions Of Feui1nism n III
nance T~eI-nedIy DISGUISE by the DtSfn7'
grishad 0urHes 81 DstrUt
Dt-Ou Free Press.
AT dis aige au' date a yCod deh 2I
bein said about dOOty, " saii Brother Gard
ner rs he looked up and down the alsie'
and signalIed 70 Samuel Sim to stuff some
body's hat into a broken pane in the alley
window. If you 20 to one church, yor
h'ar 1t am your dooty to look out fdr %
heather; 1t another you I'M cna -gtd 70 he's
an eye out fur de poo; at a third you an
held responsible iur all de wickedneSs II
YOUR city; 1t 4 10th it an suthin' else, IN
You'll return home wild a burden on youl
back weighin' 500 pounds. has beer
fggerin' up on dis dOoty biziness, an 1 has
come 10 de tollerin' conclusions
/. It an. your dOOty to obey de laws an
lib respectfully.
,. II am your dooty to provide fur your
family an take keer of your savings.
3. II am your dOOty to lib honestly, deal
squarely and pay cash down.
4. It am your dOoty to support whateber
is good an condemn whateher Is bad.
HOutside Of de above no man or woman
need worry. II de Lawd expedited me to
worry Ober de heathens in Africa, he'd hev
arranged it fur me 10 be bon 1T Cape Town
or Zanzibar. an mo- cash. II it was in
tended dat all de sinners in America should
be saved, ole Satan wouldn't hev bin
lowed tn invent SO much wickedness. II
it war expeckted dat should hand out 4
dollar TO cherry pusson IN distress, 1t
would have bin liked dat l should
find a gold mine in my back
ward. I hev'' diSkivered in tggerin' on
desc things. dat dar Am no pertickler need
of anv heather gwine to heaben; dat de
boo folks who am helped dis var am jist
as bad Oft next: dat people who am so much
consumed about wickedness ut home gin
erallv torgit 10 pay DER honest debts; dat
de people who preach the most about dOOty
hev the least ~conCepshun OF it. In de
tucher | shall seek to arm s. per day,
keep out o. debt. sluar' up at de grocery
eherv saturday night. swear to tie trOOf on
lie wirress stan, keep my pew rent, cele-
brate N~lshlngtou's birthday, an hev 4
dollar IN my pocket fur any laborin' man
who nav meet wld misfortune. Dat
gwiue 10 be my d0oty, an il it won take
me to heaven long wild de res Of You |
shall hev 70 stop in de United States an
do de hes [ kin
THERE WON'T BE ANY.
\ communication from the office OF the
Mayor OF indianapolis asked what steps
the Lime-Kiln Club had taken to avert
1 var between the Uajted States and
Canada. and what the present prospects
were.
De prospects am dat de etfeck dat de
dove Of peace will coutinner to hover, ~
replied the president. 1T am quite
material dat ole friends may have = mis-
understludin' once in awhile, but it am
not common sense to fight ober a qusshun
lat kin he settled by IN appeal To ta'rness
an Justice
He WILL STAY THERE.
The secretary then announced 4 t0mmu-
n~icarion from Professor De Isle Clhln,
dated at a county Jail in Ohio. The profess
Sor was on his way from Kentucky to lee
ture before the club on the subject OF The
COlOrcd Man a Century Hence, ~ AMI bad
been arrested and Jailed n a suspicious
character. He wanted 90 he identified and
released hv the club. and in return be will
deliver his lecture for nothing. Several
members moved that his fine OF so he for,
warded by telegraph, hut Brother Gardner
replied.
Nobody aXed dc professor to leave
Kaintucky and come heah an deliber a
lecktur'. He did it On his w respon.
sibility and widOut our knowledge. An
had he arrove heah IN good shape VIC
might not hev wanted his IeCktUr'. De
cullud man of to-day consarns rs 4 great
deal no dan de cullud man Of \ century
hence. All things considered. dc pur,essOl
had better remain whlr DE l..
TUE SILVER DOLLAR.
5-other -..aariai Smith sent the follow,
lug newspaper ARTICLE 10 the secretary :
desk 10 ~ read
\ bll To- call in the trade dollar and
allow the ilce value to the holder mas lust
passed the House at Washington. There
is L good deal OF nonsense and unjDten-
tiOnal Swlndling about the legislation on
the trade dollar. At one time 1t was a
legal tender in amounts not exceeding 3,
In this way it circulated among the people.
Then Congress demOuetiIed II. and the
banks refused to take it ut lts face value,
The working people parted with their trade
dollars for about eighty cents on the dollar,
and now. when il Is in the hands of bank.
ers and >peculatOrs, Congress Is about tc
call il in and take about eight grains Ol
silver out OF 1t and send il forth again n a
standard dollar worth loo cents. What
most puzzles the ordinary philosopher Is
the fact that Congress il about to add
twenty cents 10 the purchasing power Of
the trade dollar by r~ecoining and making
it smaller. II the trade dollar question
ever comes before the Detroit Lime Kilr
Club We hope the members OF that assOcia.
ton viii uuravel the mysteries which sur
round it and explain, in n lucid manner.
why the dollar with the least silver should
buy the most bread and meat. Congress,
may be enlightened on this subject by
hearing from Brother Gardner.
Brother Smith SAID he would like t.
have the matter discussed. He had beer
''docked' on trade dollars until the sun
amounted to enough to pay a months rent
II the trade dollar isn't worth a dollar
what business had the government to force
it upon the people for loo cents? Ii it was
worth a dollar, what business had Con,
greSS to say it wasn't worth but eighty
centS.
Colonel Greenback Jackson said he would
like to repeat the same inquiries. Upon a
certain OCrasiOn he had heap maid SoO tnr